# Amputations at Jack Engle & Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019077397` · 7/19/2019 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Jack Engle & Co.
- **Location:** 4330 South May St., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating a forklift and dumping a tilt hopper full of aluminum turnings. When the hopper tilted forward, the employee's fingers were pinched between a fork tine and the hopper. Three fingertips on the left hand were amputated.

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